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December 15, 2016

Secretary of State? How About an Exxon Mobil CEO with Ties to Putin.

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a51421/rex-tillerson-putin/
"What's really disturbing is that, according to The Wall Street Journal, Rex and the president-elect have a mutual pal. Friends and associates said few U.S. citizens are closer to [Russian President Vladimir] Putin than Mr. Tillerson, who has known Mr. Putin since he represented Exxon's interests in Russia during the regime of Boris Yeltsin. "He has had more interactive time with Vladimir Putin than probably any other American with the exception of Henry Kissinger," said John Hamre, a former deputy defense secretary during the Clinton administration and president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank where Mr. Tillerson is a board member."